No cause of death yet for boy, 10, found in home
DETECTIVES are continuing to conduct investigations into the circumstances of the death of a 10-year-old boy located in a home at Mackenzie on Sunday afternoon.
Officers were called to the Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road house just before 5pm after family members discovered the boy deceased in a bedroom.
A crime scene was setup a short time later where police commenced inquiries into the incident.
An investigation centre has been established at the Morningside Police Station.
A post-mortem examination is expected to be completed today.
Investigations are continuing.
There is no further information available at this stage.
- APN NEWSDESK
Police remain at a home in Mackenzie following the death overnight of a 10 year old boy pic.twitter.com/zfGLaGHx6k
— Penny Dahl (@Pennycopter) July 19, 2015Crime scene: Boy, 10, found dead at Brisbane home
THE mother of a boy found dead in a south east Brisbane home late Sunday afternoon remained in hospital last night as police continued to investigate the cause of her son's death.
A crime scene was established at the home on busy Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road in suburban Mackenzie, about 20 kilometres south east of the Brisbane CBD, after emergency services were called to the home at 4.40pm.
Police have spent the night at a Mackenzie property following the discovery of a child's body. #9News pic.twitter.com/Bz4fm8x9EI
— Nine News Brisbane (@9NewsBrisbane) July 19, 2015Paramedics notified police after arriving at the home to find the 10-year-old in a rear bedroom, "cold and unresponsive".
There was nothing they could do to save the child when they arrived.
He was declared dead a short time after.
